MA:$100K WATER BILLS

## Shot 07/26/2010. ## Wire/StoryDescription: [EMAIL: Customers Slapped With $100K Water Bills] Email [PRINT: Customers Slapped With $100K Water Bills] Print BROCKTON, Mass. — The city of Brockton is launching an investigation into the water department’s billing practices after homeowners were slapped with huge water bills, some as high as $100,000. Many of the customers were demanding a break, taking their concerns to the City Council Monday. They were encouraged to learn that the council has voted to take a closer look at the books over at the water department. A number of customers have been questioning, and fighting, the water bills. Among them, Ayanna Yancy Cato, a single mother of three who was sent a water bill for $100,000. 'My biggest issue is that I still have a higher water bill than a commercial business, and no one can explain that to me. It's an amount she said she can't possibly owe or pay. 'We have a lot of faulty water meters out there. There has to be. Nobody gets $100,000 water bill. I'm sorry,' said Brockton City Councilor Dennis Denapoli. He's sorry, but as of now, those bills are still outstanding The vote to audit the Water Department was not unanimous. City Councilor Todd Petti voted against the demand for public disclosure, saying he has full confidence in the DPW commissioner and the water commissioner. Copyright 2010 by TheBostonChannel.com. ## VO of council meeting. SOT with water customer who has a $100k water bill, says there's no way she's run up a bill like that. SOT from council member standing behind the water department, opposing further disclosure. SOT with council member who says problems need to be addressed. Shot of water meter.

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